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Alea

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LEE-a
UK rank, 2025
#1,690 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,957 for girls

Alea is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).

Where does Alea come from?

Root uncertain

Is Alea a girl's or a boy's name?

Alea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,690among girls
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Alea, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 girls.

Half of all the girls named Alea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 571 girls in the UK were given Alea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #109, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 27 in 20212025
Alea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#1,690
202416#1,881
202327#1,285
202218#1,730
202127#1,295
202023#1,431
201922#1,485
201812#2,320
201711#2,485
201612#2,363
20159#2,855
201412#2,320
201310#2,599
20126#3,881
201111#2,393
20108#2,992
200910#2,478
20087#3,203
200711#2,198
20064#4,357
20056#3,133
20046#2,957
20030–
20025#3,047
20010–
20000–
19991#5,182

How popular is Alea in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,957among girls
Babies in 2025
56about 1 in 29,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Alea, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.

Half of all the girls named Alea in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,461 girls in the US were given Alea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.

1961Busiest: 156 in 20002025
Alea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202556#2,957
202451#3,119
202363#2,730
202255#2,995
202170#2,510
202060#2,748
201964#2,681
201864#2,676
201747#3,346
201649#3,280
201568#2,619
201475#2,412
2013101#1,953
201293#2,064
2011111#1,817
2010112#1,818
2009134#1,660
2008113#1,880
2007124#1,744
2006132#1,615
2005129#1,574
2004112#1,725
2003111#1,709
2002113#1,631
2001130#1,443
2000156#1,253
1999154#1,227
1998133#1,322
1997125#1,366
1996125#1,346
1995113#1,429
199495#1,589
199374#1,894
199280#1,794
199170#1,973
199071#1,934
198940#2,763
198851#2,211
198745#2,330
198656#1,951
198541#2,397
198444#2,226
198357#1,838
198248#2,115
198150#2,061
198027#3,134
197927#3,078
197833#2,572
197719#3,760
197612#4,903
197522#3,155
197412#4,719
197323#2,914
19727#6,556
19717#6,617
19700–
19690–
19687#5,641
19670–
196610#4,197
19650–
19640–
19639#4,538
19620–
19615#6,566

Names like Alea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Fatima Athena Aria Alina Amelie Autumn Ava Aurora Sienna Sophia Ayla Arabella

Other spellings of Alea

Aaliyah Aliyah Aliah Aleah Alyah Aleigha Aleeah Alliyah Aleea

Names related to Alea

Alia Alya Alaa Aleeha Aleia Aela Aleya Alaw Aleyah Aella

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Alea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alea, updated 20 October 2026.